Giles Smith

Giles' love affair with all things House and Techno was sparked at the beginning of the 90's, but it wasn't until moving to London in 2000 that Giles began DJing. After holding down a residency at Junior Boys' seminal Faith night, Giles (alongside co-founder James Priestley) started up the Secretsundaze night inspired by daytime outdoor parties in Ibiza. Having built a reputation for putting on the most colourful and hedonistic parties in London and hosting the cream of global DJing talent, Secretsundaze have found themselves being asked to host arenas at festivals all over the world from The Garden to Sonar and playing at some of the best clubs in Europe. During this period, Giles' reputation has soared with him being named Best New DJ in 2003 by Time Out magazine. He has played many of the most respected parties / venues internationally. Musically his style is focussed around Deep House and Techno with a warm, hypnotic feel. However his sets draw on many styles from Chicago to Detroit to more modern European influences. Most of all though, Giles' sets are noted for their strong programming, passion integrity and his unwavering ability to uncover hidden gems both new and old. His first record was released in 2006 and since then he released as Two Armadillos (alongside production partner Martin Dawson) on some of the most respected and forward thinking labels out there such as Dessous, Tsuba, Sthlmaudio and Buzzin Fly. Apart from numerous remixes, Giles's tracks have also been licensed to compilations such as Arpiars mix for Circo Loco's 10 Year Anniversary, Steve Bug's Bugnology 3, Mathew Dear's Body Language and Claude Von Stroke's At The Controls. Mid 2009 Giles was asked to contribute a mix to the hallowed Resident Advisor podcast series which received huge praise from the international community. 2010 is another strong year for Giles and Two Armadillos with them completing a Psychotron remix for legendary 90's label R&S. Giles has also been approched to mix the 11th edition of the AudioFamilies download / podcast series with other artists previously being Damian Lazarus, Jacques Renault and John Tejada.

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Label: Secretsundaze, Dessous
Array: GB

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